Lawyers In The USA

A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar...

Description

A documentary exploring the influence of the law and it s practitioners on American Culture while following six characters as they do whatever it takes to become lawyers themselves. The film features legal luminaries, politicians, well known comedians, celebrity lawyers and other notables including actor and comedian Eddie Griffin, OJ attorney Robert Shapiro, CNN s Nancy Grace, Court TV s Catherine Crier, Novelist Scott Turow, Legal commentator Alan Dershowitz, U.S. Senator John Cornyn, Clinton Adviser Vernon Jordan, renowned trial lawyers, Joe Jamail, Mark Lanier, Jacoby & Meyers, Comedy Central s Michael Ian Black and ABC s John Stossel among others!

Reviews

Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2010-01-25
Summary: "This is why lawyers demand so much"

If you ever wondered why lawyers in liberal states demand so much for their "services"? Watch this documentary about how hard it is for lawyers to become lawyers in the Beaurocratic Republic of California. This will wake you up to the strain that they go through and why they are so greesy once in.

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Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2009-01-21
Summary: "Below expectations"

Really nothing except a bunch of short stories profiling some California law students struggling to take and pass the California Bar Exam. Not near as exciting or entertaining as the DVD description made it sound. I wish I could have gotten my money back.

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2008-12-03
Summary: "Almost felt sad"

I watch the video because I thought it would give Joe average a view point of how the legal system works...it doesn't do that at all. Instead it shows the struggles of passing the bar exam. It almost made me feel sorry for future lawyers as they put their heart and soul into passing the exam. Then I thought about the movie "Catch Me if you can" based on true events where a con man passed the bar and pretended to be a lawyer and this guy didn't go to law school. Then I thought about the tv show Smarter than a 5th grader where they have all these smart people who fail to answer all the questions. So my point is that maybe the bar exam is hard with such a bad passing rate because law schools are not teaching the right things to pass it. That would explain how a con man was able to pass the bar exam with no law school and why so many people can't win at the tv show Smarter than a fifth grader because who uses or remember the info that was taught in fifth grade.

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Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2008-10-21
Summary: "Not what I expected"

I also took the July 2006 California bar exam, so I was really looking forward to a documentary that brought to light the challenges and experiences involved in preparing for this exam. The documentary instead focused on the increasing abundance of lawyers and lawsuits over the past decade and only superficially touched on the subject of bar exam preparation.

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2008-09-08
Summary: "Six People Preparing for the California Bar Exam...."

Interesting new look at lawyers and a glimpse into the journey of 6 people preparing to take the California State Bar Exam, supposedly the toughest state bar exam in the nation.

Plus various clips of famous lawyers speaking about their profession, which I found fascinating to watch as well.

I enjoyed seeing what the experienced lawyers had to say as compared with the hopes and dreams of the recently graduated lawyers preparing to take the bar exam.

Nicely done documentary about what it takes to become a lawyer and how truly stressful and difficult the California State Bar Exam really is to pass....